ცრუჲ

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Old Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Andronikashvili, an Iranian borrowing from the family of Old Armenian զուր (zur), the ცრ- (cr-) having developed from earlier *ძრ- (*ʒr-). The connection with the Armenian was suggested already by Marr. See also Old Georgian ძჳრი (ʒwiri).

Pronunciation

Noun

ცრუჲ (cruy)

  1. lie, falsehood

Adjective

ცრუჲ (cruy)

  1. lying, mendacious

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Georgian: ცრუ (cru)

References

  • Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1946) “Iranuli c̣armošobis zogi kartuli siṭq̇vis eṭimologiisatvis [On the etymology of some Georgian words of Iranian origin]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica]‎ (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 391 of 385–391
  • Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 67, 89, 188, 214, 403–404
  • Marr, N. (1926) “Две новых работы С. С. Uhlenbeck’a по баскскому языку [Two new studies by С. С. Uhlenbeck on Basque]”, in Язык и литература (in Russian), volume I, numbers 1–2, Leningrad: Научно-исследовательский институт сравнительного изучения литератур и языков Запада и Востока, page 272 of 261–278
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ცრუჲ / ცრუვი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1459a